Japanese Cocktail Bars NYC

Some of my favorite Japanese restaurants are bars. Of course, there are the izakayas scattered around the city, where eating and drinking are as inseparable as sushi and rice. But there are also bars that happen to have excellent food even though they are best known for their beverages (cocktails and highballs, most often, but…

Three Tahini Sauce Recipes

One of the many things I adore about my friends is that we will text each other, apropos of nothing and with zero pleasantries, about what we’re eating at any moment. “I just made the most delish green tahini,” a girlfriend texted me Sunday evening. She had whirled together tahini, scallions, spinach, lemon juice, honey,…

Paper Covid-19 Cards Are Going Away

The paper Covid vaccination cards were, for a time, a mainstay of American wallets — pulled out before bouncers, inspected at airport desks and shared with pride on social media accounts. But the days of the paper cards are over. The Covid-19 cards will “no longer be given out,” Dave Daigle, a spokesman for the…

Quick Noodle Soup for a Long Day

Quick noodle soup for a long day By The New York Times Cooking Noodles are fun and soup is soothing, which makes this somen noodle soup with bok choy and mushrooms from Sue Li delightful and comforting. Sue creates a gently seasoned broth out of soy sauce, dehydrated shiitakes and sesame oil, but feel free…